Aloke Singh will head Air India’s low-cost airlines, while AirAsia India’s existing CEO Sunil Bhaskaran will take charge of a new aviation training academy as part of an organisational revamp announced on Thursday.
The Tata group runs four airlines — Air India, Air India Express, AirAsia India, and Vistara. As part of consolidation exercise, Air India Express and AirAsia India will merge into a single, low-cost airline. Vistara, too, be will be merged with Air India, creating a single full-service carrier.
Both these mergers are awaiting regulatory approvals, and all four airlines are operating separately.
Singh, who is the CEO of Air India